Effectiveness of using blended learning strategies for teaching and learning human anatomy

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-195

  Pereira, José A ^a   Pleguezuelos, Eulogio ^a   Merí, Alex ^a   Molina Ros, Antoni ^a   Molina Tomás, M Carmen ^a   Masdeu, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anatomy *education; Clinical competence standards; Computer assisted instruction; Education; Medical; Spain; Teaching *methods; Undergraduate *methods

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BLENDED LEARNING STRATEGY; CURRICULUM; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SATISFACTION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

ANATOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SPAIN; TEACHING;

EID: 33846780984     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02672.x     Document Type: Article

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